The planning department of an electronics firm has set up the activities for developing and producing a new CD Player. Given the information below, develop a project network using Microsoft Project. Assume a five-day workweek and the project starts on January 6, 2014.
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Activity ID
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Description
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Activity Predecessor
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Activity Time (Weeks)
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1
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Staff
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None
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2
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2
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Develop Market Program
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1
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3
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3
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Select Channels of Distribution
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1
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8
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4
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Patent
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1
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12
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5
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Pilot Production
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1
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4
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6
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Test Market
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5
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4
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7
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Ad Promotion
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2
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4
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8
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Set up for Production
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4, 6
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16
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The project team has requested that you create a network for the project and determine if the project can be completed in 45 weeks.
Additional Requirement
This assignment belongs to Operations Management and it is a case study where a Gantt Chart and network diagram wants to be ready. For this purpose MS Project has been used.
Word Limit 300